Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-25
THE AMALGAMATED.
Closing Procsedings-Ohicers Elected
Arbitration Denounced.

Arbitration Denounced.
PITTsBURG, June 24.-The Amalgamat-
ed Association of Iron and Steel Workers
has always been opposed to arbitration
under present methods. At the closing
hours of the convention last night COM
mittee was appointed to express the senti-
ment of the organization on this point.
The committees report as follows was
unanimously adopted by the convention:
WHEREAS, A determined and persistent
effort is being made by many so-called
friends of labor to establish arbitration as
a means OF settling all disputes between
employer and employee, and
WHEREAS, We believe the system as
now applied will injure the workmen rep
resented in this association; without bene-
fitting them in the slightest particular;
therefore, be 1t
ReSOIred, That we, the delegates to the
twelfth annual convention of the A. A. of
l. and S. w. are unalterably opposed to
the system as now applied, and will not
submit to such a method in settling any
of our disputes, and we endorse the arti-
cles which have appeared in our column
in the Labor Tribune on the question.
Signed
W. Newt Lynch, Andrew Lee, C. H.
Kaufman, Edward A. Keil, James H.
Mutt, James Penny, J. c. Bullock.
Secretary Martin says that this resolu-
ton was offered in convention week ago,
butit was thought best TO defer its adOp-
tiOn and thus avoid all appearance of any
attempt to bluff the manufacturers.
The final session of the convention con-
tinued until midnight. The annual cleo
tiOn OF officers resulted in the reelection of
President Weihe by acclamation. Charles
Nadine received a nice complimentary
vote for Secretary, but Dir. Martin was re-
elected. Mr.. Nadine was again made AS
slstant Secretary. James Penny was
unanimously elected Treasurer. There
were seven candidates for Trustees. c. II.
Kaufman, James NJ. Mutt Prank Nc
Envoy, Patrick Wilson, John Pierce.
Thomas w. Jones and James Grundy, but
Messrs. Kaufman, Mutt and Wilson, the
present officers, were reelected on the first
ballot. All the present Vice Presidents
were reelected.
President Weihe rendered decision on
. technical point connected with the scale.
1t was that working wrought into turnings
must be paid for at the same price whether
they are coarse or fine. During the ses=
sion Of the convention, Secretary Martin
said, 'the committee on grievances report
ed recommending change in the laws and
debar delegates from voting on the wage
scale who were not directly interested in
it. Quite an animated discussion
followed and the recommendation of the
committee was rejected.
To the Committee on Appeals WAS re-
ferred suggestion from Ayers Lodge No.
IS, of Youngstown, o., asking that sick
and death benefit feature be added to the
organization. The committee recommend
ed the rejection of the proposition, and the
same was adopted. For years this same
question has been brought forward in the
annual convention, the object being to do
away with collections in the mills for per-
sons when sick or disabled, and the paying
Of a stipulated sum in case of death, but il
has been rejected every year.
An investigation into charges of miSap,
preparation made against a member OF
Penney Lodge No. Al was made, and the
member was exonerated from blame.
The final adjournment of the convention
leaves the scale question in the hands OF
the Conference Committee. The Labor
TnibHas on this point says: Whatever
may be in store for the iron industry next
year, it is patent that the Workmen
should have pull at the profits
this year. For the past twelve months,
during which the demand has been
50 active as 10 tax the capacity of the plants
and encourage material extension Of that
capacity, the association workmen have
plOdded on, possessing their souls in pa
tience- The manufacturers have
had their straight year without the least
objection upon the part Of their employees,
and it is only fair that with a new scale
year there should be that suitable recog-
milton 10 which the workmen are 50 fairly
entitled"
The 4BerieaR Manufacture says that
the employers viii decidedly object to the
introduction every year Of new conditions
and new limitations. They hold that at
most mills the work is not as hard as it
was two years ago, owing to the intrOduc-
ton of natural gas at works that did not
then use it The output in many in
stances Is greater, the cost Of living is no
more, indeed, there could have been no
such changes in the condition in the past
two years as would justify an advance Of
10 per cent. in the rates that have pre-
vailed during that time.